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This study was instituted to establish perceptions that the teachers, parents and secondary school girls hold toward the school re-entry policy as well as to determine their knowledge levels of this policy in selected secondary schools in Kabwe district of central province. The aim of the study...

The aim of this research was to determine the perception among stakeholders towards the academic and vocational learning pathways in selected secondary schools in Kafue district. Both qualitative and quantitative research design were used to collect data. Self-structured questionnaires were used...

Though schools are supposed to be safe places for caring for pupils, most often they are not, because of sexual harassment, especially of female pupils. Sexual harassment is a global phenomenon recorded across various settings all over the world including Zambia. Sexual harassment may include...

Most studies on school dropouts in Zambia have concentrated on Primary and Basic schools. Some studies and Ministry of Education reports have shown that in Zambia there are school dropouts among girls in both Primary and Secondary schools despite interventions and measures put in place by the...

Today, it is almost inconceivable to have a functioning democracy without political parties. Political parties perform important functions without which representative democracy could not exist. For political parties to remain relevant to the democratic dispensation, they need finances in order...

Childhood low levels of learning achievement in numeracy at middle primary school have proved to perpetuate into adult life. In order to raise children with mathematical skills, teachers should be appropriately qualified for the task. An exploratory study method was used to collect qualitative...

Cryptosporidiosis is a diarrhoeal disease caused by the parasite, Cryptosporidium that can live in the intestine of humans and animals and is passed in the stool of an infected person or animal. In immune compromised individuals, Cryptosporidium infection can be serious, long-lasting and...

Background: Improved medical care has led to improved life expectancy of sickle cell anaemia (SCA) patients hence complications associated with SCA such as chronic kidney disease (CKD) are being seen more frequently. Globally, nephropathy of varying severity occurs in 5 to 18 % of the SCA...

East Coast fever (ECF) is an infectious tick-borne disease of cattle, caused by a protozoan parasite Theileria parva. It is a disease of major economic importance in Zambia as it is the main cause of cattle morbidity and mortality. Despite its economic importance, the epidemiology of ECF in...

Intestinal Schistosomiasis (SCH) and Soil Transmitted Helminithiasis (STH) are among the major public health problems in the world, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. About 2 billion people are affected and that 300 million are ill as a result of these infections, the majority being children. In...